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D. PATTERSON. ATTACHMENT TOIHARVESTERS.

Patented Aug. 1, 1882..

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY.

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DAVID PATTERSON, OF OHATHAM, ONTARIO, CANADA.

ATTACHM ENT T0 HARVESTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,951, dated August1, 1882.

Application filed March 4,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID PATTERSON, of Ohatham, in the county ofKentandProvince of Ontario, Canada, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Bean-Gutter Attachments for Harvesters; and I hereby declare that thefollowing is a full,elear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification.

The nature of this invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovements int-he construction of a finger-bar attachment toharvesters, whereby sucli machines are rendered capable of successfullyharvesting beans.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of a. supplementalfinger-bar and fingers designed to be attached to the platform of the.harvester above the fingers or guards and the reciprocating cutter, allas more, fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a plan view, showingmy fingerbar or gatherer. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of one finger. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the same.Fig. 4 is aperspective view, representin g my device attached to aharvester-platform In the accompanying drawings, Arepresents afinger-bar, provided with the rear projecting arms, B, by means of whichthe same may be secured tothe table of a harvester, above thereciprocating cutter and the finger-guard.

0 represents a series of fingers, which are rigidly secured at theirrear ends to the bar A. These fingers are convex upon their lower facefrom heel to, toe, Fig. 2, and double concave in cross-section upontheir upper face, and terminate in a vertically-fiat toe at their outeror free ends. In practice, this finger-bar being secured to theharvester-platform, the fingers project in advance of the fingers orguards of 0 the cutter and the platform is tipped so that the outer endsof the fingers 0 rest upon the ground. In the forward movement of themachine these fingers pick up or gather the beanstalks and direct themto the cutters, while they-prevent the pods from falling between theknives.

'By the use of this supplemental finger-bar I am enabled to harvest mybeans in good shape and free from roots and dirt.

What I claim as my-invention is-- 1. An attachment toharvesters,.consisting 0f the supplemental finger-bar A, provided withfingers located above and projecting downward in front of theguard-fingers, each of said supplementary fingers having a convex lowerface and provided with a longitudinal rib on its upper face,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A supplementalfinger-bar and fingers attached to harvesters, suchfingers being double concave upon their upper face in cross-section andconvex upon their lower face lengthwise of the finger, and terminatingin a verticallyflat toe at their front ends, substantially as described.7

DAVID PATTERSON. Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, (humans J. HUNT. I

